Perhaps students would also appreciate a little help with the pricing/ free-quota too...
I know this one would ;) On May 11, 11:04 am, "Gregory D'alesandre" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Joshua, that's not a long shot at all and a great idea! We are > already looking into what we can do in this area. > > Thanks again for the thoughts on this! > > Greg D'Alesandre > Senior Product Manager, Google App Engine > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > I know this is a long shot, but… > > > My company uses GAE for lots of things, and, as a for-profit company, we're > > willing and able to pay for things of value. I'm pretty sure the $9/mo + > > whatever isn't going to cause us to switch cloud providers. > > > But in my personal time, I've also used GAE for some not-for-profit > > applications. One for my local library to manage their interlibrary loan > > requests (which I'm sure will be able to live within the free quotas), and > > another for small towns to use to meet Massachusetts Open Meeting Law > > requirements (which I'm sure will NOT be able to live within the free > > quotas). See:http://www.mytowngovernment.org > > > I'm wondering if Google might start a program to waive the $9/mo fee for > > public-good type applications like this. Ideally it would not require that > > I have a proper 501c3, since getting one of those approved costs a fortune > > these days. Perhaps it could be handled casually, like the "can I please > > have more than 10 apps" requests are today. > > > In my "about" page, I warned towns that they should budget for the open > > meeting site to eventually cost something, because I figured the GAE free > > lunch couldn't last forever. But I think it would be a terrific non-evil > > thing for Google to consider starting a program to give away their services > > for not-for-profit applications. > > > -Joshua > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
